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Diocese of Tortosa

Dioecesis Dertosensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 4th Century
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Tarragona
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Spain
  • Square Kilometers: 6,450 (2,491 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.bisbattortosa.org/
  • Mailing Address: Palau Episcopal, Calle Cruera 5, 43500 Tortosa [Tarragona], Espana
  • Telephone: 977.44.07.00
  • Fax: 977.44.03.78

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
4th CenturyErectedDiocese of Tortosa (erected)
2 September 1955Territory AddedArchdiocese of Zaragoza (Olocau in Castellón) Diocese of Tortosa
2 September 1955Territory AddedDiocese of Calahorra y La Calzada (Viana and Amescoas in Navarra) Diocese of Tortosa
2 September 1955Territory AddedDiocese of Teruel (-Albarracín) (Bechi in Castellón) Diocese of Tortosa
2 September 1955Territory LostDiocese of Tortosa (Calaceite, Arens, Lledó, and Cretas) Archdiocese of Zaragoza
2 September 1955Territory LostDiocese of Tortosa (Mayáis in Lérida) Diocese of Lérida

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950450,000450,000100.0%217762931,535142728200ap1951
1969228,500229,00099.8%180452251,01550650104ap1971
1980236,000237,00099.6%145191641,43936460141ap1981
1990230,000232,00099.1%145141591,44625423141ap1991
1999228,150229,07599.6%127181451,57327341141ap2000
2000228,017231,71798.4%123161391,64025297141ap2001
2001236,692240,49298.4%118161341,76624359141ap2002
2002238,383241,58398.7%123131361,75221299141ap2003
2003238,632242,02198.6%126111371,741118326141ap2004
2004239,518242,30098.9%11871251,916214304141ap2005
2010260,449292,66289.0%11941232,117211255141ap2011
2014257,329290,76688.5%10641102,33959245141ap2015
2017250,000275,55690.7%871882,84057207141ap2018
2020250,876276,26590.8%811823,05946173141ap2021

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 223
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 143
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 186
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 174
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 183, and Page 184
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 194, and Page 195
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 175
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 243
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 155
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 82, to Page 83
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 47, Page 738, to Page 742

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